High frequency of enterovirus D68 in children hospitalised with respiratory illness in Norway, autumn 2014

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 59-63

  Bragstad, Karoline ^a   Jakobsen, Kirsti ^b   Rojahn, Astrid E ^b   Skram, Marius K ^b   Vainio, Kirsti ^a   Holberg Petersen, Mona ^b   Hungnes, Olav ^a   Dudman, Susanne G ^a   Kran, Anne Marte B ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Enterovirus D68; Picornavirus; Respiratory infections; Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS D68; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; ENTEROVIRUS D; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EUROPE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EUROPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; PARALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923509256     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12300     Document Type: Article

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